The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-04

\ New Jersey bank cashier lef
3. Saturday for Canada with 4 few ST..
en- thousands.
There is smallpox in New York City
about 10 cases day.
We believe suicides and murder.
are on the increase.
Mr.. Blair's bill to give the right o.
/ suffrage TO women was killed IN .he
/. ;. Senate.
sam Jones is not stirring up the
- Hpb Of the Universe" as mucl
as was expected.
Su.livan's arm had to be re-brok en-
by doctor in order to be set right.
Miss Cora Boulder. Of Wellington
Kansas, whose dress caught fir al
L theater burned to death while q
crowd Of panic stricken people
.ooked on at her agony III vain.
o. Jan 26, Prof. J. WIlloughby
Reade died in Norfolk. Va. Prof.
Reade was c, lebrated elocultonist.
He gave entertainments ID Scotland
y eek in 1898.
On Jan. p Frank James, a flag
men was Academia ~ killed a few
miles east OF Ashevi!le on the W. \
C. II. K. near Cash creek trestle.
The train ran over him.
Q9en Victoria last weef sent her
speech, message, to Parliament,
She has noticed poor Ireland at
length.
Two Missouri bays near Lebanon,
found two large bucks lying ex>
nausted near a pond, with their
norns SO in.erIockeu tat They could
not get up. 1t was evident that
they had come to drink, and re-
NAMED to fight. The boys killed them
with their shotgun.
Senator Farwell, Gen. Logan's
successor, cast his first vote IA the
Senate on the Blair woman srffrage
al. lie voted in it's favor.
The CluvcruS room was opened
out no confession could be found.
Thus far 10000 copies of the book
nave been sold. Mrs. Tupstall say 5
ohe will have none Of the proceeds.
y
DALLAS, TEX, January 26-Fir.
Il nro1 ahnI,t 4 N'als,.lr fin.
morning in the Wholesale grocery
otOre OF L. l.. 81 arsalls & Co., one Of
the largest housee in the SJuthH vest.
The flames spread rapidly to adjoin-
my business blocks, entirely con-
Stunning three OF the finest buildings
IN the city. TIE total loss aggre~
gates 100000, distributed as fol-
lows: Mar-ali9 & Co., 5000, 700 In
suta &c, Sl20 900; Armstrong BrotE-
RS, 1900, O00--nisurance, $4,000;
), b Hopkins & Co, 100000 III
sugance 100000.
On Jan. 26 trunk was found in
Office Of the Adams Express Compa-
ny in Baltimore containing the body
Of a man. His hta al and legs had
been cut of. Detectives took the
case They found that it had been
shipped from New York tie Satur~
day before. After thorough search
and work by the detectives 1t was
ascertained that the body was that
Of August RohIe. and that he had
been killed in New York by one
Capt, Unger d former sea-captain.
The crime was done for money. In
ger was arrested aad his sOA told all
abOQt 1T" Ough TO convict.
Mr.. D. A. klatIz, Of Catarrus Co.
carried to Charlotte last week to be
sold to the mint q lump of gold
weighing 13 Ounces 4 d worth $500.
Il was found in branch near Plo.
neer Mills 10y miner named ChaS.
Moore
It IS held that to place our navy
on a first class foo.ing, equal to that
of En-. iand, would require 100000,
COZ. Better abolish pensions for a
while and build irOncltds.
Reagan has been elected by The
Tex1s Lagislature to succeed Maxey
IT. the L. S Senate. Reagan has
baen in the House a long time
Maxey is an able man, but the tN~
Postmaster General
beat HIM.
On Feb, l Mis- Vsn Zandt and
Sp:es, the condemned ChIca-
90 anarchist, were married by proxy.
Spje:' brot her was the proxy.
France and Germany are about
to fight.
$500 reward has been offered for
the capture Of Dr.. 7. {. Powell, who
killed Sharpe in Rocky Mount some
weeks ago.
There is a strike in New York Ia
which over 80 900 men are en-
gagged,
Sgita a Point.
Senator ELECT Stock bridge, from
Michigan. spent cool 100000 Oh
his X alamazoo MANSION. Shortly
after It's completion be observed to
a friend that the one additional
thing needed was par OF to sit over
the door au6 greet INN every day
with the Remark: "IIere comes that
fool aZain.T-Er.
A gentlemen, one of whose friends
had died suddenly IN small town
In the West, wrote to the postmaster